Bienvenido Lumbera

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Bienvenido Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and

dramatist. He is a National Artist of the
Philippines and a recipient of theRamon Magsaysay
Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communications. He won numerous literary awards,
including the National Book Awards from the National
Book Foundation, and the Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards.

Personal life
Lumbera was born in Lipa on April 11, 1932.[1] He was
barely a year old when his fathers, Christian Lumbera
(a Shooting Guard with a local basketball team), fell
from a fruit tree, broke his back, and died. Carmen
Lumbera, his mother, suffered from cancer and died a
few years later. By the age of five he was an orphan.
He and his older sister were cared for by their
paternal grandmother, Eusebia Teru.
When the war ended, Lumbera and his grandmother
returned to their home in Lipa. Eusebia, however,
soon succumbed to old age and he was once again
orphaned. For his new guardians, he was asked to
choose between his maiden aunts with whom his
sister had stayed or Enrique and Amanda Lumbera,
his godparents. The latter had no children of their own
and Bienvenido, who was barely fourteen at the time,
says he chose them mainly because "they could send
me to school."

Education
Lumbera received his Litt.B. and M.A. degrees from
the University of Santo Tomas in 1950, and then his
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana
University in 1968.

Academe
Lumbera taught Literature, Philippine
Studies and Creative Writing at the Ateneo de Manila
University, De La Salle University, the University of
the Philippines Diliman, and the University of Santo
Tomas. He was also appointed visiting professor of
Philippine Studies at Osaka University of Foreign
Studies in Japan from 1985 to 1988 and the very
first Asian scholar-in-residence at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa.

Martial law
After Philippine President Ferdinand
Marcos declared Martial Law, Lumbera was arrested
by the Philippine military in January 1974. He was
released in December of the same year. Cynthia
Nograles, his former student at the Ateneo de Manila
University, wrote to Gen. Fidel Ramos for his release.
Lumbera married Cynthia a few months later. In 1976,
Lumbera began teaching at the Department of Filipino
and Philippine Literatures, U.P. College of Arts and
Letters. In 1977, he served as editor of Diliman
Review upon the request of then College of Arts and

Sciences Dean Francisco Nemenzo. The publication

was openly against the dictatorship but was left alone
by Marcos authorities.

Creative works
At the height of Martial Law, Lumbera had taken on
other creative projects. He began writing librettos for
musical theater. Initially, the Philippine Educational
Theater Association (PETA) requested him to create a
musical based on Carlos Bulosans America Is in the
Heart. Eventually, Lumbera created several highly
acclaimed musical dramas such as Tales of the
Manuvu; Rama, Hari; Nasa Puso ang
Amerika; Bayani; Noli me Tangere: The Musical;
and Hibik at Himagsik Nina Victoria Laktaw. Sa
Sariling Bayan: Apat na Dulang May Musika, an
anthology of Lumbera's musical dramas, was
published by De La Salle University-Manila Press in
2004. Lumbera authored numerous books,
anthologies and textbooks such
as:Revaluation; Pedagogy; Philippine Literature: A
History and Anthology; Rediscovery: Essays in
Philippine Life and Culture;Filipinos Writing: Philippine
Literature from the Regions; and Paano Magbasa ng
Panitikang Filipino: Mga Babasahing Pangkolehiyo.

Organizational affiliations
Lumbera also established his leadership among
Filipino writers, artists and critics by co-founding
cultural organizations such as the Philippine
Comparative Literature Association (1969); Pamana
ng Panitikan ng Pilipinas (1970); Kalipunan para sa
mga Literatura ng Pilipinas (1975); Philippine Studies
Association of the Philippines (1984) and Manunuri ng
Pelikulang Pilipino (1976). In such ways, Lumbera
contributed to the downfall of Marcos although he was
in Japan during the 1986 Edsa uprising, teaching at
the Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
Lumbera is also the founding and current chairperson
of the Board of Trustees of the multi-awarded media
group Kodao Productions and a member of the
Concerned Artists of the Philippines and the Bagong
Alyansang Makabayan.

Literary reputation
Lumbera is now widely acknowledged as one of the
pillars of contemporary Philippine literature, cultural
studies and film, having written and edited numerous
books on literary history, literary criticism, and film. He
also received several awards citing his contribution to
Philippine letters, most notably the
1975 Palanca Award for Literature; the
1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature,
and Creative Communication Arts; several National
Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle; the 1998
Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and
the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial
Honors for the Arts. He is currently the editor
of Sanghaya (National Commission on Culture and
the Arts), Professor at the Department of English in

the School of Humanities of the Ateneo de Manila

University, Emeritus Professor at the Department of
Filipino and Philippine Literature, College of Arts and
Letters, U.P. Diliman, and Professor of Literature atDe
La Salle University. For a time, he also served as
president of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers
(ACT), a national organization of more than 40,000
teachers and employees in the education sector.
The launching of Bayan at Lipunan: Ang Kritisismo ni
Bienvenido Lumbera, edited by Rosario Torres-Yu and
published by the University of Santo
Tomas Publishing House, was celebrated by
the University of the Philippines in January 2006.
Bienvenido Lumbera was proclaimed National Artist in
April 2006.

Works
Poetry

Ka Bel

Literary criticism

Revaluation: Essays on Literature, Cinema,

and Popular Culture, 1984
Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and
Influences on Its Development, 1986
Abot-Tanaw: Sulyap at Suri sa Nagbabagong
Kultura at Lipunan, 1987

Textbooks

Pedagogy
Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology
Rediscovery: Essays in Philippine Life and
Culture
Filipinos Writing: Philippine Literature from the
Regions
Paano Magbasa ng Panitikang Filipino: Mga
Babasahing Pangkolehiyo

Awards
National Artist, April, 2006

Ramon Magsaysay Award

for Journalism, Literature, and Creative
Communication Arts, 1993

Pambansang Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni

Balagtas, Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng
Pilipinas (UMPIL)

National Book Awards from the Manila Critics'

Circle

Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature

Visiting Professorship, Osaka University of

Foreign Studies

Professor Emeritus, University of the

Philippines

Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama

Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial

Honors for the Arts

1st Asian scholar-in-residence at

the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alejandro Roces
(13 July 1924 23 May 2011) was a Filipino author,
essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of
the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary
of Education from 1961 to 1965, during the term
ofPhilippine President Diosdado Macapagal.
Noted for his short stories, the Manila-born Roces
was married to Irene Yorston Viola (granddaughter
of Maximo Viola), with whom he had a daughter,
Elizabeth Roces-Pedrosa. Anding attended
elementary and high school at the Ateneo de Manila
University, before moving to the University of Arizona
and then Arizona State University for his tertiary
education. He graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts and,
not long after, attained his M.A. fromFar Eastern
University back in the Philippines.[1] He has since
received honorary doctorates from Tokyo University,
Baguio's St. Louis University, Polytechnic University
of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila
University. Roces was a captain in the Markings
Guerilla during World War II and a columnist in
Philippine dailies such as the Manila Chronicle and
the Manila Times. He was previously President of the
Manila Bulletin and of the CAP College Foundation.
In 2001, Roces was appointed as Chairman of the
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
(MTRCB). Roces also became a member of the
Board of Trustees of GSIS (Government Service
Insurance System) and maintained a column in
the Philippine Star called Roses and Thorns.

Literary works
During his freshman year in the University of Arizona,
Roces won Best Short Story for We Filipinos are Mild
Drinkers. Another of his stories, My Brothers Peculiar
Chicken, was listed as Martha Foleys Best American
Stories among the most distinctive for years 1948 and
1951. Roces did not only focus on short stories alone,
as he also published books such as Of Cocks and
Kites (1959), Fiesta (1980), and Something to Crow
About (2005). Of Cocks and Kites earned him the
reputation as the country's best writer of humorous
stories. It also contained the widely anthologized
piece My Brothers Peculiar Chicken. Fiesta, is a
book of essays, featuring folk festivals such as
Ermita's Bota Flores, Aklan's Ati-atihan, and Naga's
Peafrancia.
Something to Crow About, on the other hand, is a
collection of Roces short stories. The book has been
recently brought to life by a critically acclaimed play of
the same title; the staged version of Something to

Crow About is the first Filipino zarzuela in English.

This modern zarzuela tells the story of a poor
cockfighter named Kiko who, to his wife's chagrin,
pays more attention to the roosters than to her. Later
in the story, a conflict ensues between Kikos brother
Leandro and Golem, the son of a wealthy and
powerful man, over the affections of a beautiful
woman named Luningning. The resolution? A
cockfight, of course. Something to Crow About won
the Aliw Award for Best Musical and Best Director for
a Musical Production. It also had a run off-Broadway
at the La Mama Theater in New York.
Through the years, Roces has won numerous
awards, including the Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan Award, the Diwa ng Lahi Award, the
Tanging Parangal of the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining,
and the Rizal Pro Patria Award. He was finally
bestowed the honor as National Artist of Literature on
the 25th of June 2003.

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Colegio San

Agustin

Chairman, Board of Regents, Pamantasan ng

Lungsond ng Maynila

Chairman, Board of Regents, St. Louis

University, Baguio City

Chairman, Board of Regents, St. Mary's

University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Chair, United Way Philippines

Chairman, UNESCO National Commission of

the Philippines

President, Cultural Nationalism of the

Philippines

When once asked for a piece of advice on becoming

a famous literary figure Roces said, "You cannot be a
great writer; first, you have to be a good person". [2]

Socio-Cultural-Civic Affiliations[

President, Philippine International Friendship

Organization

Trustee, Government Service Insurance System

(GSIS)

President, Research Foundation in Philippine

Anthropology and Archeology, Inc.

Chairman, College Assurance Plan

Foundation

Columnist, Roses and Thorns of The

Philippine Star

Chairman, Movie and Television Review and

Classification Board (MTRCB), 2001

President, Bagong Katipunan Foundation

President, UNESCO Philippine Centre of the

International Theatre Institute

President, Bulletin Publishing Corporation

Secretary of Education, Republic of the

Philippines, 1961

Dean of the Institute of Arts and Science, Far

Eastern University

Co-Founder of the Philippine PEN

Board of Regents, University of the
Philippines

Head, FEU Cultural Research Team

Virgilio S. Almario
(born March 9, 1944) better known by his pen
name, RIO ALMA, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic,
translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager.[1] He
is a National Artist of the Philippines and currently
serves as the chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang
Filipino (KWF), the government agency mandated to
promote and standardize the use of the Filipino
language.
Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario
sought his education at Manila and completed his
degree in A.B. Political Science at the University of
the Philippines.
His life as a poet started when he took masters
course in education at theUniversity of the East where
he became associated with Rogelio G. Mangahas and
Lamberto E. Antonio.
A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second
successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry
together with Rogelio Mangahas and Teo Antonio. His
earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected
in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina (1972), now
considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino.
Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside
modernism and formalism and took interest in
nationalism, politics and activist movement. As critic,

his critical works deal with the issue of national

language.
Aside from being a critic, Almario engaged in
translating and editing. He has translated the best
contemporary poets of the world. He has also
translated for theater production the plays of Nick
Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht, Euripedes andMaxim Gorki.
Other important translations include the famous works
of thePhilippines' national hero, Jos Rizal,
namely Noli Me Tangere and El filibusterismo. For
these two, he was awarded the 1999 award for
translation by the Manila Critics Circle.[2][3]
Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards
such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes
from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, theMakata
ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the
TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write
Award of Bangkok.
He was an instructor at the Lagao Central Elementary
School from 1969-1972. He only took his M.A. in
Filipino in 1974 in the University of the Philippines. In
2003, he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts
and Letters in the said university. On June 25 of the
same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for
Literature.[4]
Almario is also the founder and workshop director of
the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA), an
organization of poets who write in Filipino. Awardwinning writers and poets such as Roberto and
Rebecca Aonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael
Coroza, Jerry Gracio, and Vim Nadera are but some
of the products of the LIRA workshop.
He was a founding member of the Gallan sa Arte at
Tula (GAT), along with fellow poets Teo
Antonio and Mike Bigornia.

Works
Poetry Collections

Palipad-Hangin. (1985)

Katon Para sa Limang Pandama. (1987)

Sentimental. (2004)

Estremelenggoles. (2004)

Memo Mulang Gimokudan. (2005)

Dust Devils. (2005)

Sonetos Postumos, book of poems with

translation by Marne Kilates and paintings by
National Artist Ang Kiukok. (2006)

Tatlong Pasyon sa Ating Panahon, poems for

children with illustrations by Mark Justiniani, Neil
Doloricon, Ferdinand Doctolero. (2006)
Buwan, Buwang, Bulawan. (2009)

Francisco Sionil Jos

Jos was born in Rosales, Pangasinan, the setting of
many of his stories. He spent his childhood in Barrio
Cabugawan, Rosales, where he first began to write.
Jos is of Ilocanodescent whose family had migrated
to Pangasinan before his birth. Fleeing poverty, his
forefathers traveled from Ilocos towards Cagayan
Valley through the Santa Fe Trail. Like many migrant
families, they brought their lifetime possessions with
them, including uprooted molave posts of their old
houses and their alsong, a stone mortar for pounding
rice.[1][2][3][4]
One of the greatest influences to Jos was his
industrious mother who went out of her way to get him
the books he loved to read, while making sure her
family did not go hungry despite poverty and
landlessness. Jos started writing in grade school, at
the time he started reading. In the fifth grade, one of
Joss teachers opened the school library to her
students, which is how Jos managed to read the
novels ofJos Rizal, Willa Cathers My
Antonia, Faulkner and Steinbeck. Reading
aboutBasilio and Crispin in Rizals Noli Me
Tangere made the young Jos cry, because injustice
was not an alien thing to him. When Jos was five
years old, his grandfather who was a soldier during
the Philippine revolution, had once tearfully showed
him the land their family had once tilled but was taken
away by rich mestizolandlords who knew how to work
the system against illiterates like his grandfather.[1][2][3][4]

Writing career
Jos attended the University of Santo
Tomas after World War II, but dropped out and
plunged into writing and journalism inManila. In
subsequent years, he edited various literary and
journalistic publications, started a publishing house,
and founded the Philippine branch of PEN, an
international organization for writers.[1][2] Jos received
numerous awards for his work. The Pretenders is his
most popular novel, which is the story of one man's
alienation from his poor background and the
decadence of his wife's wealthy family.[3][4]
Jos Rizal's life and writings profoundly influenced
Jos's work. The five volume Rosales Saga, in
particular, employs and interrogates themes and

characters from Rizal's work.[7] Throughout his career,

Jos's writings espouse social justice and change to
better the lives of average Filipino families. He is one
of the most critically acclaimed Filipino authors
internationally, although much underrated in his own
country because of his authentic Filipino English and
his anti-elite views.[1][2][3][4]
"Authors like myself choose the city as a setting for
their fiction because the city itself illustrates the
progress or the sophistication that a particular country
has achieved. Or, on the other hand, it might also
reflect the kind of decay, both social and perhaps
moral, that has come upon a particular people."

Order of Sacred Treasure (Kun Santo Zuiho Sho) in

2001. In that same year, the Philippine government
bestowed upon him the prestigious title of National
Artist for Literature for his outstanding contributions to
Philippine literature.[10] In 2004, Jos was garnered the
coveted Pablo Neruda Centennial Award in Chile.

Works
Rosales Saga novels
A five-novel series that spans three centuries of
Philippine history, translated into 22 languages

Po-on (Source) (1984) ISBN 971-8845-10-0

Sionil Jos also owns Solidaridad Bookshop, which is

on Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila. The
bookshop offers mostly hard-to-find books
and Filipiniana reading materials. It is said to be one
of the favorite haunts of many local writers.[1][2][3][4]

The Pretenders (1962) ISBN 971-8845-00-3

My Brother, My Executioner (1973) ISBN 9718845-16-X

In his regular column, Hindsight, in The Philippine

STAR, dated 12 September 2011, he wrote "Why we
are shallow", blaming the decline of Filipino
intellectual and cultural standards on a variety of
modern amenities, including media, the education
systemparticularly the loss of emphasis on classic
literature and the study of Greek and Latinand the
abundance and immediacy of information on the
Internet.[8]

Mass (December 31, 1974) ISBN 0-86861572-2

F. Sionil Jos, BBC.com, 30 July 2003[1]

Tree (1978) ISBN 971-8845-14-3

Original novels containing the Rosales

Saga

Source (Po-on) (1993) ISBN 0-375-75144-0

Awards

Five of Jos's works have won the Carlos Palanca

Memorial Awards for Literature: his short stories The
God Stealer in 1959, Waywaya in 1979, Arbol de
Fuego (Firetree) in 1980, his novel Mass in 1981, and
his essay A Scenario for Philippine Resistance in
1979.[9]

Don Vicente (1980) ISBN 0-375-752439 Tree and My Brother, My

Executioner combined in one book

The Samsons ISBN 0-375-75244-7 The

Pretenders and Mass combined in one book

Since 1980s, various award-giving bodies have feted

Jos with awards for his outstanding works and for
being an outstanding Filipino in the field of literature.
His first award was the 1979 City of Manila Award for
Literature which was presented to him by Manila
Mayor Ramon Bagatsing. The following year, he was
given the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication
Arts. Among his other awards during that period
include the Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for
Literature (1988) and the Cultural Center of the
Philippines Award (Gawad para sa Sining) for
Literature (1989).
By the turn of the century, Jos continued to receive
recognition from several award-giving bodies. These
include the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Centennial Award in 1999, the prestigious Chevalier
dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2000, and the

Other novels

Gagamba (The Spider Man) (1991) ISBN 978971-536-105-7

Viajero (1993) ISBN 978-971-8845-04-2

Sin (1994) ISBN 0-517-28446-4

Ben Singkol (2001) ISBN 971-8845-32-1

Ermita (1988) ISBN 971-8845-12-7

Vibora! (2007)

Sherds (2008)

Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays (2008)

Short Stories (with Introduction and Teaching

Guide by Thelma B. Kintanar) (2008)
The Feet of Juan Bacnang (2011)

Novellas

Three Filipino Women (1992) ISBN

9780307830289
Two Filipino Women (1981) ISBN 9711001136

Short story collections

Soba, Senbei and Shibuya: A Memoir of PostWar Japan ISBN 971-8845-31-3 and ISBN 978971-8845-31-8

Heroes in the Attic, Termites in the Sala: Why

We are Poor (2005)

This I Believe: Gleanings from a Life in

Literature (2006)

Literature and Liberation (co-author) (1988)

In translation

The God Stealer and Other

Stories (2001) ISBN 971-8845-35-6

Zajatec bludnho kruhu (The

Pretenders) (Czech language, Svoboda, 1981)

Puppy Love and Thirteen Short

Stories (March 15, 1998) ISBN 971-8845-267 and ISBN 978-971-8845-26-4

Po-on (Tagalog language, De La Salle

University Press, 1998) ISBN 971-555-2676 and ISBN 978-971-555-267-7

Olvidon and Other Stories (1988) ISBN 9718845-18-6

Platinum: Ten Filipino Stories (1983) ISBN

971-8845-22-4 (now out of print, its stories are
added to the new version ofOlvidon and Other
Stories)

Anochecer (Littera) (Spanish language,

Maeva, October 2003) ISBN 84-95354-950 and ISBN 978-84-95354-95-2

In anthologies

Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short

Stories (1980) ISBN 99922-884-0-X
Asian PEN Anthology (as editor) (1966)
Short Story International (SSI): Tales by the
World's Great Contemporary
Writers (Unabridged, Volume 13, Number 75) (coauthor, 1989) ISBN 1-55573-042-6

In film documentaries

Children's books

The Molave and The Orchid (November 2004)

Verses

Tong (a short story from Brown River, White

Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century
Philippine Literature in Englishby Luis Francia,
Rutgers University Press, August 1993) ISBN 08135-1999-3 and ISBN 978-0-8135-1999-9

Francisco Sionil Jos A Filipino Odyssey by

Art Makosinski (Documentary, in color, 28min,
16mm. Winner of the Golden Shortie for Best
Documentary at the 1996 Victoria Film and Video
Festival)[11]

Books about F. Sionil Jos

Frankie Sionil Jos: A Tribute by Edwin

Thuboo (editor) (Times Academic Press,
Singapore, January 2005) ISBN 981-210-4259 and ISBN 978-981-210-425-0

Questions (1988)

Essays and non-fiction

In Search of the Word (De La Salle University

Press, March 15, 1998) ISBN 971-555-2641 and ISBN 978-971-555-264-6

Conversations with F. Sionil Jos by Miguel A.

Bernard (editor) (Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc.,
Philippines, 304 pages, 1991

We Filipinos: Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic

Heritage

The Ilocos: A Philippine Discovery by James

Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, Volume
267, No. 5, May 1991

F. Sionil Jos and His Fiction by Alfredo T.

Morales (Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc., Philippines,
129 pages)

Die Rosales Saga von Francisco Sionil Jos.

Postkoloniale Diskurse in der Romanfolge eines
Philippinischen Autors by Hergen Albus
(SEACOM Edition, Berlin, 2009)

Post-colonial Discourses in Francisco Sionil

Jos's Rosales Saga: Post-colonial Theory vs.
Philippine Reality in the Works of a Philippine
Autor by Hergen Albus (Sdwestdeutscher Verlag
fr Hochschulschriften, 14. November 2012)
Francisco Sionil Jos (born 3 December 1924) is
one of the most widely read Filipino writers in
the English language.[1][2] His novels and short
storiesdepict the social underpinnings of class
struggles and colonialism in Filipino society.[3][4] Jos's
workswritten in Englishhave been translated into
22 languages, including Korean, Indonesian,
Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainianand Dutch.

Cirilo Bautista
Cirilo F. Bautista (born 1941) is a Filipino poet,
fictionist, critic and writer of nonfiction. He is conferred
with the National Artist of the Philippines award.

Education
He received his basic education from Legarda
Elementary School (1st Honorable Mention, 1954)
and Mapa High School (Valedictorian, 1959). He
received his degrees in AB Literature from
the University of Santo Tomas(magna cum laude,
1963), MA Literature from St. Louis University, Baguio
City(magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts in
Language and Literature fromDe La Salle UniversityManila (1990). He received a fellowship to attend the
International Writing Program at the University of
Iowa (19681969) and was awarded an honorary
degreethe only Filipino to have been so honored
there.

Career
Bautista taught creative writing and literature at St.
Louis University (19631968) and the University of
Santo Tomas (19691970) before moving to De La
Salle University-Manila in 1970. He is also a cofounding member of the Philippine Literary Arts
Council (PLAC) and a member of the Manila Critics
Circle, Philippine Center of International PEN and
the Philippine Writers Academy.

Bautista has also received Carlos Palanca Memorial

Awards (for poetry, fiction and essay in English and
Filipino) as well asPhilippines Free Press
Awards for Fiction, Manila Critics' Circle National
Book Awards, Gawad Balagtas from the Unyon ng
mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas, the Pablo Roman
Prize for the Novel, and the highest accolades from
the City of Manila,Quezon City and Iligan City.
Bautista was hailed in 1993 as Makata ng Taon by
the Komisyon ng mga Wika ng Pilipinas for winning
the poetry contest sponsored by the government. The
last part of his epic trilogy The Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus, entitled Sunlight on Broken Stones, won
the Centennial Prize for the epic in 1998. He was an
exchange professor inWaseda University and Ohio
University. He became an Honorary Fellow
in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa in 1969,
and was the first recipient of a British
Council fellowship as a creative writer at Trinity
College, Cambridge in 1987.
Bautista works include Boneyard Breaking, Sugat ng
Salita, The Archipelago, Telex Moon, Summer
Suns, Charts, The Cave and Other Poems, Kirot ng
Kataga, and Bullets and Roses: The Poetry of Amado
V. Hernandez. His novel Galaw ng Asogewas
published by the University of Santo Tomas Press in
2004. His latest book, Believe and Betray: New and
Collected Poems, appeared in 2006, published by De
La Salle University Press.
His poems have appeared in major literary journals,
papers, and magazines in the Philippines and in
anthologies published in the United States, Japan,
the Netherlands, China, Romania, Hong
Kong, Germany and Malaysia. These include:
excerpts from Sunlight on Broken Stones, published
in World Literature Today, USA, Spring 2000; What
Rizal Told Me(poem), published in Manoa, University
of Hawaii, 1997; She of the Quick Hands: My
Daughter and The Seagull (poems), published
in English Teachers Portfolio of Multicultural
Activities, edited by John Cowen (New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1996).
Aside from his teaching, creative and research
activities as a Professor Emeritus of Literature at the
College of Liberal Arts,De La Salle University-Manila,
Bautista is also a columnist and literary editor of
the Philippine Panorama, the Sunday Supplement of
the Manila Bulletin. He is also a member of the Board
of Advisers and Associate, Bienvenido
SantosCreative Writing Center of De La Salle
University-Manila and Senior Associate, The Center
for Creative Writing and Studies of the University of
Santo Tomas.

Works
Poetry[edit]

Summer Suns (with Albert Casuga, 1963)

The Cave and Other Poems (1968)

The Archipelago (1970)

Charts (1973)

Telex Moon (1981)

Sugat ng Salita (1985)

Kirot Ng Kataga (1995),

Sunlight On Broken Stones (2000)

Tinik Sa Dila: Isang Katipunan Ng Mga

Tula (2003)

The Trilogy Of Saint Lazarus (2001)

Believe and Betray: New and Collected

Poems (2006)

Contests, 1998, sponsored by the Philippine

Government. The judges in this prestigious
contest, held to commemorate the Centennial of
our freedom, gave the prize to Bautistas Sunlight
on Broken Stones, the last volume in his The
Trilogy of Saint Lazarus. This epic of 3,050 lines
concludes his monumental work on Philippine
history.

In 1999, Sunlight on Broken Stones, published

by De La Salle University-Manila Press, garnered
the National Book Award given by the Manila
Critics Circle and the Gintong Aklat Award given
by the Book Development Association of the
Philippines

Hall of Fame of the Palanca

Awards Foundation for achievements in the field
of literature, 1995. This is given to Filipino writers
who have distinguished themselves by winning at
least five First Prizes in the Palanca Literary
Contests.

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for

Literature nine (9) times
for poetry, fiction and essay. His prize-winning
works include: Philippine Poetics: The Past Eight
Years (essay), 1981; Crossworks (collected
poems), 1979; Charts (collected poems),
1973; The Archipelago (epic poem), 1970; Telex
Moon (epic poem), 1975; The Cave and Other
Poems(collected poems), 1968; and the short
stories Ritual and The Man Who Made a
Covenant with the Wind.

National Book Award given by the Manila

Critics Circle five (5) times, for The
Archipelago, Sugat ng Salita, Sunlight on Broken
Stones, The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus and Tinik sa
Dila.

Diwa ng Lahi, Gawad Antonio Villegas at

Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan in the field of
literature by the City of Manila. This award is
given to outstanding Manila artists who have
contributed to the advancement of arts and
culture. 430th Araw ng Maynila, June 22, 2001,
Bulwagang Villegas, Manila City Hall.

Gawad Balagtas in 1997 by the Unyon ng

mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas for Bautistas
achievements as a poet, fictionist, and critic.

Included in Whos Who in the World,

1996, New Providence, New Jersey, U.S.

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Fiction

Stories (1990)

Galaw ng Asoge (2004)

Literary Theory and Cultural Studies

Breaking Signs (1990)

Words And Battlefields: A Theoria On The

Poem (1998)

The Estrella D. Alfon Anthology Vol. I - Short

Stories (2000)

Bullets And Roses: The Poetry Of Amado V.

Hernandez / A Bilingual Edition (translated Into
English And With A Critical Introduction) (2002)

Awards, Prizes and Honors

First Prize in Epic Writing English Category, of

the National Centennial Commissions Literary

Makata ng Taon 1993, sponsored by the

Komisyon ng mga Wikang Pilipinas with the
poem Ulat Buhat Sa Bulkan. With this and
his Palanca award for Tagalog poetry and his
winning the First Prize in the Poetry contest
sponsored by theDyaryo Filipino with his
poem, Ilang Aeta Mula Sa Botolan, Bautista
affirmed his importance as a bilingual writer.

Included in The Oxford Companion to the

English Language, edited by Tom
MacArthur, Oxford University Press, 1992.

Included in The Travellers Guide to Asian

Literature, 1993.

Knight Commander of Rizal by the Order of

the Knights of Rizal, December 1998, in
recognition of Bautistas literary works that helped
propagate the ideas and achievements of the
national hero. His The Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus has the national hero as the main
character and focal point in the authors poetic
recreation of the development of the Filipino soul
from the beginning of our history to the present.

Adopted Son of Iligan City, 1997, by virtue of

Executive Order #98 signed by Mayor Alejo
Yanes, for his contribution in the development of
creative writing in Mindanao, for serving as a role
model among young writers, as well as his
tireless promotion of Iligan City as a center for
literary arts in the Philippines. Bautista was
instrumental in the founding of theIligan Writers
Workshop and was its primary mover in attracting
young writers to congregate in Mindanao and
learn the craft of writing.

Gawad Manuel L. Quezon in 1996 by

the Quezon City Government in connection with
the Quezon Day Celebrations for Bautistas
outstanding achievement as writer, editor and
teacher.

Certificate of appreciation from the Benigno

Aquino, Jr., Foundation for his literary works that
helped perpetuate the memory of the late senator

St. Miguel Febres Cordero Research Award,

SY2002-03 given by De La Salle University-

Manila, 2002. This award was given to Bautista in

recognition of his achievements
in research and creative writing.

First Annual Dove Award by the College of

Liberal Arts, De La Salle University-Manila,
February 14, 2001. An alumnus of the Graduate
School of the University, Bautista was honored for
the contributions he had in energizing the writing
life in campus through his co-founding of the
creative writing programs in the University and
activities as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years.

Most Outstanding Achievement Award in

Literature by the Philets-Artlets Centennial Alumni
Association of the University of Santo Tomas,
1996.

Most Outstanding Alumnus Award for

Literature, Mapa High School Alumni Association,
1983.

Pablo Roman Prize for his Novel-in-Progress

entitled Reconstruction, 1982.

Most Outstanding Alumnus Award for

Literature from the Alumni Association of the
College of Arts and Letters,University of Santo
Tomas, 1982.

Fernando Maria Guerrero Award for

Literature, University of Santo Tomas Alumni
Association, 1980.

Most Outstanding Alumnus Award for

Literature, Graduate School, Saint Louis
University, 1975.

British Council Fellowship as Visiting

Writer, Trinity College, Cambridge, England,
1987. Bautista was the first Filipino writer to be
invited to attend the Cambridge Seminar on
Contemporary Literature.

Honorary Fellow in Creative

Writing, University of Iowa, U.S., 1969